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R&D Budget Analysis

R&D Budget Analysis

Given a tough fiscal environment surrounding the FY 2014 omnibus, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ranks among those agencies that have fared relatively well coming out of appropriations, all things considered. According to AAAS estimates, NASA R&D would rise...

Some agencies and programs received surprisingly large funding boosts in the FY 2014 omnibus, but the National Science Foundation (NSF) is not one of them. While the agency will see some budget growth from FY 2013 post-sequester levels, that growth will be somewhat limited, especially when one...

Under the recent FY 2014 omnibus, the National Institutes of Health would receive $29.3 billion for R&D per AAAS estimates. In nominal dollars, this represents a rough midpoint between the President's request and FY 2013 post-sequester spending: specifically, a 3.5 percent increase above FY...

For the most part, the Department of Energy (DOE) has done moderately well regarding funding in the FY 2014 omnibus, though such a perspective might be attributed to lowered expectations. While few programs would reach the levels proposed by the President's budget, which particularly favored low-...

The 315-page report was officially released in June, a bit later than normal following the delayed release of the President's FY 2014 budget. This reference work provides a comprehensive analysis of R&D in the President's FY 2014 budget request, including specialized analyses by theme, major...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), recently the subject of some criticism and funding cuts by appropriators, is set to return to prior R&D funding levels. According to AAAS estimates, DHS R&D will reach $1.1 billion under the FY 2014 omnibus, representing substantial apparent...

Under the recent FY 2014 omnibus, the U.S. Department of Agriculture would receive $2.3 billion for R&D per AAAS estimates. In nominal dollars, this represents a rough midpoint between the President's request and FY 2013 post-sequester spending: specifically, a 7.3 percent increase above FY...

After a contentious few months that saw a two-week shutdown, a narrowly-averted debt crisis, and continuing politicking over the size and shape of federal expenditures and deficits, Congress has begun to tentatively dip its collective toe in the waters of compromise. The October 17 continuing...

As has been widely reported, the Congressional budget conference led by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) has reached a deal that partially rolls back the spending cuts required under sequestration over the next couple years (see the House Budget Committee website for the full...